An opportunity for retreat work at Clear Sky Centre: Take advantage of private meditation cabins to learn to better understand your own and thus others' minds and hearts. To use others' realization to further your own, and vice versa, see the group retreats elsewhere in this schedule. Participating in "awakening in action" through living and working in awakening community is another option, as part of the Clear Sky Experience.

The Hero's Journey This popular retreat offers a powerful mythical journey experience. Accepting the challenge of the Hero’s Journey will leave you with a healthier, strengthened ego – one more fully integrated with the ‘shadow’ and thus accessing more energy and less susceptible to stress. Introducing the shadow What do we mean by ‘shadow’? Our shadow aspects are the unconscious patterns and views that affect our behavior, decisions and intentions to the extent that we’re not acting consciously for the benefit of ourselves or others. For most of us, the ego is locked in a continual struggle with the shadow: it determines whether we like or dislike people, situations and things, without realizing why or being conscious of our responses. In terms of lifetime patterns, we may be undermining our relationships, blocking our growth, and limiting our spiritual unfoldment and thus our ability to benefit others. Or: we can choose to take a look at what’s really going on under the surface. Negative emotions like anxiety and depression are rooted in the ego’s need to ‘object’-ify our experience. We attempt to cling to things. Since all things have an impermanent nature, this inevitably leads to struggle and dissatisfaction. Once we commit to the challenge to release the energy locked in there, imagine the fountain of energy that becomes available to us then! Enter the Hero In this retreat, support your inner hero or heroine to undertake a courageous journey through the archetypes. The aim: not to destroy the shadow, but […]

Probably the most important work to do in this lifetime in relationship to getting in contact with how you were made, shaped and formed… By doing the retreat you’re bringing that which was unconscious into the conscious mind - which is hugely important for your liberation.  -- Doug Duncan & Catherine Pawasarat All of our tendencies and potentialities come from the womb experience. It literally shapes and forms us - before we were conscious. The exercises and practices in this retreat will bring these patterns to consciousness, and only then can you be liberated from them. This retreat will be taught by Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat at Clear Sky Meditation Center. The retreat will include individual and group exercises and meditations. It will be a challenging topic, suited to those looking for a liberating experience. Hear more about the retreat from teachers Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat: https://youtu.be/C7Z6B4-p_F8 What others have said about this retreat: Can you imagine what gems of insight await you? Course prerequisites:  Completion of the Online Course, A Year of Dharmic Astrology. Recommended reading: The Womb, Karma and Transcendence by Namgyal Rinpoche, available from Bodhi Publishing Image credit: Top image is a painting by Sonam Senge, from the cover of the book "The Womb Karma and Transcendence" by Namgyal Rinpoche.

Holistic Clearing - A Modern Liberative Practice Join this retreat to learn a simple and transformative four-step approach that has amazing power to free us from persistent and tenacious blocks. Holistic Clearing offers a supportive and fully liberating self-contained practice. It is an original creation by Namgyal Rinpoche, representing a new and unique stream in spiritual practices. In particular this meditation is designed to help us face and overcome paralysis, any sense of being “stuck.” This practice empowers us to become unstuck, to flow naturally and gracefully in sync with the energy of the universe that we call the awakened mind. The Holistic Clearing meditations are designed to purify, balance and strengthen our transcendent natures, the optimal manifestations of our being. Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat continue this lineage of authentic teachings. Let them skillfully guide you through this straightforward, insight-style program that empowers us to luxuriate in greater freedom and joy in our lives. Join this retreat for the valuable opportunity to help share these unique Namgyal teachings in the contemporary world. Course Outcomes •   Recognize, identify and build on the strengths and positives already in our lives. •   Use your strengths to support your growth in other areas. •   Learn how to move beyond our strengths, to develop our potential further and in more integrated ways. •   Recognize and clear elements of your persona that stand in the way of greater freedom and clarity. •   Identify and grow completely new areas of our own potential. •   Access more […]

We'd love to have you join us as we celebrate Clear Sky retreat center's tenth year running programs. We'll be celebrating the past efforts and contributions of our members, appreciating what we have now, and welcoming in the future. Ten years of learning together Friday, July 31st: Arrivals. Welcome, orientation, & dinner. Saturday, August 1st:  Clear Sky Annual General Meeting.  Anyone who has attended our past AGMs knows that learning together, fun and joy are paramount. The day of the AGM usually involves team frisbee in the morning, followed by highlights of the year and reports from board members after lunch and a celebration into the evening.       Sunday August 2nd: Kalachakra Wong Kur.  The teachers will offer a Kalachakra initiation in the profound, fun, and vibrant Tibetan tradition of empowerments.  The rest of the day will be dedicated to the Kalachakra practice.  Read more about Wong Kurs.     Monday, August 3rd: Meditation Platform Building and Group Activities The prototype has been built, sponsored and co-created by Catherine Sensei. It already has the paws up from Sultan, and we think you're sure to love them too.  To take this opportunity to sponsor a small meditation platform on the property. Find out more on the Clear Sky website.       Tuesday, August 4th: Activities with Evangelos & Maya Details coming soon. Wednesday, August 5th: Departure Day Why not continue your stay afterwards? Join the Tarot retreat led by Catherine and Doug Sensei, starting August 7th. Visit the […]